AVG Technologies NV has been approached by potential buyers amid a wave of deals for security-software makers, according to people familiar with the matter. The early-stage exploration of a takeover mainly involves private-equity firms, but at least one other technology company is also in the mix, one of the people said.
If you're using any of these four extensions from Avast or AVG on Mozilla Firefox or Chrome, they are collecting way too much data.
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You'd normally expect antivirus software to improve your web browser's security, but just the opposite was true for AVG until today. The company has fixed an exploit in its protective Chrome extension, WebTuneUp, that would let maliciously-coded websites compromise your PC to a "trivial" degree. It could read your email on the web, for example.
Techspot: Security firm AVG has come under fire from users after revealing its new, “transparent” privacy policy which states that the company can sell search and browser history data to advertisers in order to "make money" from its free antivirus software.
